Portugal firefighters douse major wildfires Sep 4th, 2012 - 14:30h (CET +01.00) Portugal's Civil Protection Service says firefighters have extinguished two major forest blazes that raced across thick woodland for more than 30 hours and claimed the life of one person. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : portugal, firefighters, douse, major, wildfires, Top Keywords

On a New York island, firefighters set homes ablaze Jul 4th, 2012 - 00:40h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Firefighters will spend the next two weeks setting homes ablaze on a small island in New York Harbor for one purpose: Saving lives. Eighteen abandoned townhouses on New York City's Governor's Island, formerly housing fo... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : york, island, firefighters, homes, ablaze, Top Keywords

Firefighters stand-by at Tiananmen Square, which is sealed off ... Mar 3rd, 2012 - 08:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Firefighters stand-by at Tiananmen Square, which is sealed off ahead of the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Dav... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : firefighters, standby, tiananmen, square, which, sealed, Top Keywords

Firefighters extinguish a fire in the building where two people ... Feb 27th, 2012 - 11:30h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Firefighters extinguish a fire in the building where two people were detained and one killed after an explosion in a rented apartment in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa January 4, 2012 in this handout picture released to Reuters Fe... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : firefighters, extinguish, fire, building, where, people, Top Keywords

Brazilian police, firefighters and prison guards protest during ... Feb 10th, 2012 - 01:50h (CET +01.00) (AP) - Brazilian police, firefighters and prison guards protest during a rally in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Feb. 9, 2012. Police are threatening a strike that could prompt violence during this tropical city's popular Carnival bash in spit... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : brazilian, police, firefighters, prison, guards, protest, Top Keywords

Firefighters spray water towards the wildfire caught at the ... Feb 7th, 2012 - 16:30h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Firefighters spray water towards the wildfire caught at the grassland and bushes adjoining Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu February 7, 2012. National and international flights were affected due to the fire that started ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : firefighters, spray, water, towards, wildfire, caught, Top Keywords

Firefighters pour water into villagers' barrels at Xiliu ... Feb 2nd, 2012 - 09:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Firefighters pour water into villagers' barrels at Xiliu village along Liujiang River in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, February 2, 2012. The official probe into an incident which resulted in cadmium polluting a South Chin... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : firefighters, pour, water, villagers', barrels, xiliu, Top Keywords

Rescue firefighters are lowered from a helicopter onto the grounded ... Jan 30th, 2012 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Rescue firefighters are lowered from a helicopter onto the grounded cruise liner Costa Concordia, off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island January 30, 2012. Search operations at the Costa Concordia resumed on Monday after being suspen... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rescue, firefighters, lowered, helicopter, onto, grounded, Top Keywords

Firefighters are seen climbing and on top of the cruise liner ... Jan 28th, 2012 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Firefighters are seen climbing and on top of the cruise liner Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island January 28, 2012. Salvage crews preparing to pump thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel and oil fr... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : firefighters, climbing, cruise, liner, onto, grounded, Top Keywords

Employees of the Municipal Theater watch as firefighters on ... Jan 27th, 2012 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Employees of the Municipal Theater watch as firefighters on excavators remove debris from collapsed buildings in Rio de Janeiro January 27, 2012. At least 22 people were still missing on Thursday after rescuers recovered four bodies from ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : employees, municipal, theater, watch, firefighters, grounded, Top Keywords